chimera
By Crimson nova
Summary: on a vacation phoebe finds she's attracted a secret admirer. Just who is the mysterious Mr. Benson?
Disclaimer: I own nothing charmed, wish I did but that's life.
Author's note: THIS TAKES PLACE AS IF Cole had left town after the time when phoebe was a mermaid. He never went insane, still she said goodbye.
Chapter 1 Snowy surprise
Phoebe sat there her untouched cup of coffee before her. Her full attention was on the snowy scene beyond the windows. Skier after skier slid down the white covered mountain. She thought about the last time she'd tried that. It had been back in Put and Put. She'd wound up with a broken leg and a fractured wrist. She'd thought about trying it here but she'd decided to leave that to Page and Richard.
Piper was with Wyatt in the Jack Frost play center. She'd had her doubts about coming here but Piper was soSure it would help her get over Jason.In truth she didn't know but she kind of wished she could be as carefree as the men and women going barreling down the mountain. Still not only was there danger from the snow but there was the evil factor. Besides she thought she was over Jason. She had been for a while.After all he'd cheated on her for a year. She had gotten suspicious a while before she'd actually caught him but by then she'd managed to erect walls against hurt.
Phoebe had thought about looking for another guy here but why bother either they'd be a creep or a demon. IT was days like this when she really wished Cole was still with her. True they'd gone through hell but they'd also shared so much, but there had been At times more good then bad. True in those last months... She wondered now where he was, if he was alright.
Sighing she picked up the coffee to smell the chocolaty sent of coffee. She'd gone on a diet just so she could splurge. Not that she had to diet but it was something else to concentrate on when she was tossed back in memories of Cole.It was funny, she had no clue why it was so important but for some reason it was. Maybe it was because she'd been thinking about him for a very long time, had never stopped in fact. There was just so much she regretted. Mist of all she wished she'd not used her head that day on the beach. She'd known then
that he hadn't been responsible for what had happened. No, it had been the source. She felt her eyes were wet and frown. What was wrong with her it
had been a year and a half...?
"Excuse me Miss Halliwell I was asked to bring this to you." She found a waiter standing there and frowned. Taking the box from him she opened the card scanning it.
To Miss Phoebe Halliwell,
You are cordially invited to have dinner in the chimera room with me. I will pick you p at your sweet at promptly 7: pm this evening.
Mr. Benson.
Staring at the missive, who would do this? Who was Mr. Benson? She didn't know anyone by that name. And who knew her here anyway? She wondered if one of her sisters had recruited some guy to so-called cheer her up.
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"Ok, what's the big idea?" Phoebe asked as Piper appeared at the door to the activity center. She was holding Wyatt and looking surprised to see her.
"What do you mean?"
"Come on I know you had some guy do this." Phoebe said thrusting forward the card. Piper took it and slowly read over it.
"Mr. Benson? Phoebe what is this?"
"That's what I want to know." Phoebe said frowning at her big sister.
"I don't know." Piper said after another minute of scanning the name, she thought the handwriting looked oddly familiar but she truly had no clue who would know Phoebe there all the way in Pennsylvania. After all it was all FO their first times there. That was also why they'd come across the country. It
was just so far removed from San Francisco that no one would know them. Yes they'd known there might be trouble from the supernatural but it would also
be different.
"You really didn't have anything to do with this?" Phoebe asked although the look on her sister's face told her answer to that question.
"No, I wouldn't do that to you honey."
"Wouldn't you?" Phoebe asked adding. "You always try to make things better."
"Not this time. Phoebe, Honey, I know you and Jason weren't as close as it seemed. Truthfully you have been better since you broke it off with him." Piper told her gently.
"Oh, well maybe it was Paige."
"No, she wouldn't do that, I think," Piper murmured thoughtfully, "You've got an admirer."
"yeah well I don't know, what if it's demonic or something?"
"Oh come on honey, you know you can handle anything we come up against."
"Yeah but…"
"Just go, have a good time." With that Piper went back inside to play with her son.Phoebe stood there a moment thinking about it and then she decided to go to the main desk and asked if there was a Mr. Benson staying in the hotel. The girl behind the desk just gave her an odd look and Phoebe frowned. Then she showed the woman the note.
"Hmm, well," The girl typed into the name and then shook her head. "The only Mr. Benson we currently have is our owner and he…" The girl typed in a few more words and said. "Just arrived back here about five hours ago."
"Alright." Phoebe said slowly, wondering the whole time what the resort's owner would want with her, thanked the clerk and then made her way up to her room.
TBC
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Here it is another phoebe fic. Who do you think the mysterious guy is? hmm, I wonder.*giggles behind hand arrrccc*